Fruit Trees
Royal Cort Apple: Matures slightly later than standard Cortland
and has good hang time. (Needs pollinator)
Pink Lady Apple: are the earliest to blossom in late March early
April and are good for cooking. (Needs pollinator)
Honey Crisp Apple: Matures in the fall (September) and is good
for cooking. (Needs pollinator)
Granny Smith Apple: Good for banking and is high in antioxidant
and one the most common apples. (Doesn’t need a pollinator)
Bing Cherry: is a cultivar of the wild or sweet cherry. They are
high in antioxidant’s (helps with arthritis and gout). (Needs pollinator)
Sweetheart Cherry: it produces a fruit that remains crunchy
when picked and eaten. (Doesn’t need a pollinator)
Big Trees
Autumn Blaze Maple: Likes full sun to partial shade and will grow
in moist well-drained soil and is a fast growing tree. It will grow to 50 or 60 ft tall
and have a mature spread of 30 to 40 ft. The qualities mixed by the autumn blaze
maple tree are brilliant orange-red color in the fall, dense and healthy branching,
and enhanced growth that protects from insects and disease. The autumn blaze
maple tree can also live in a variety of climates, ranging from the frigid cold.
Pin Oak (Quercus palustris): Likes full sun and will grow best in
sandy to loamy to strong loamy soil does not like limestone. Will grow to 60 to 70
ft tall and they can be found around flood plains.
River Birch (Betula nigra): Likes full sun to full shade and likes
loamy or sandy soil that is wet to moist. They can grow up to 50 to 90 ft. and like
the cold weather here in Michigan.
Evergreens
Colorado Blue Spruce: Full sun to partial shade, sandy to moist
soil and can grow up to 100 ft. Used as a dense windbreak, most familiar as an
ornamental tree and provides excellent winter cover for wildlife.
Norway Spruce: Full sun to partial shade, range of well-drained
soil. Fast growing can grow up to 150 ft. and is a good cover for wildlife and
ornamental planting.
White Cedar: Full sun and they can tolerate both alkaline and
acidic soil, and they mostly prefer loamy soil, swampy soil and it can grow up to
30 to 50 ft.
Black Hill Spruce: Full Sun and moist to well-drained soil. It is
an ornamental tree and can be used for windbreak. It is a slow growing tree and
can grow up to 60 ft.
White Pine: Full sun to partial shade and prefers well-drained
soil but can grow in variety of soils and it is a fast growing and can grow up to 50
to 80 ft. Can be used as a windbreak for wildlife.
White Spruce: Full sun to partial shade and likes a range of
soil and can grow to 50 ft. It can be used for a windbreak and for wildlife.
Red Pine: Full sun and will grow in sandy soil. It is a fast growing
tree and can grow up to 100 ft. The red pine can be used as a windbreak and for
wildlife.
Hardwood & Ornamental
Black Cherry: Full sun and likes moist well-drained soil. It is a fast
growing tree and can grow up to 70 ft. It has white flowers which turn into black
cherries for wildlife.
Black Walnut: Full sun and deep well-drained fertile soil. It can
grow up to 100 ft. and will produce nuts for humans and wildlife.
Red Oak: Full sun to partial shade and can tolerant many soils
but prefers well-drained soil. They are fast growing and can grow up to 90 ft.
Silver Maple: Full sun to partial shade and can tolerate a wide
range of soils. It can grow up to 50 to 70 ft.
White Flowering Dogwood: Full sun to partial shade and thrives
on acid soil that is well-drained. They can grow up to 15 ft.
Red Mulberry: Full sun to partial shade and is tolerance of a
wide range of soil, such as sandy, loamy, and clay. They can grow up to 70 ft.
Shrubs
Ninebark: Likes partial shade and becomes drought tolerant
plant for the sunny areas and they likes serpentine soil and grow up to 5 ft.
Rose of Sharon: Full sun to partial shade and likes well-drained
soil and can grow up to 7 to 13 ft.
Gray Dogwood: Full sun to partial shade and likes a wide range
of soils, such as loamy to rocky and can grow up to 16 ft.
Forsythia: Full sun to light shade and likes well-drained soil rich
in organic matter. They are fast growers and can get up to 3 to 10 ft.
Arrowwood: Full sun but can tolerate a good amount of shade.
Prefers moist, well-drained soil and can grow up to 6 to 15 ft.